PSI Reminds Ade Armando He Has Gone Too Far Interfering in Party Internal Affairs

PSI Deputy Chairman for Politics Bestari Barus has reminded Ade Armando that he has gone too far in interfering with the party’s internal affairs after officially resigning as a member. The statement was made by Bestari in response to several remarks by Ade in an interview on the YouTube channel Zulfan Lindan Unpacking on Monday (11/5). Ade, on that occasion, claimed that there were parties within PSI who had long wanted him to leave. “We assess that Ade Armando has gone too far into an area where he has no authority and is not competent,” said Bestari when contacted on Wednesday (13/5). He acknowledged that several of Ade’s statements in the podcast were quite provocative, although not new information. Moreover, he said, since the last Congress in Solo, Ade has never been involved in the party’s central management. According to Bestari, Ade was just an ordinary member who happened to run as a legislative candidate for PSI. “It should be known to the general public that Armando was never involved in managing PSI after the Solo Congress. Just an ordinary member who happened to be given the opportunity to become a PSI legislative candidate,” he said. Instead of commenting on PSI, Bestari believes Ade should introspect. He emphasised that PSI will also not be involved in the legal case currently ensnaring Ade over allegations of incitement and hate speech. “It would be good for Brother Ade Armando to introspect and organise himself and not interfere in managing the PSI institution from now on,” he said. Social media activist and former PSI politician Ade Armando has begun to openly discuss the reasons for his resignation from the party following his legal case over allegations of incitement and hate speech. In the podcast interview on the YouTube channel Zulfan Lindan Unpacking on Monday (11/5), Ade revealed that for a long time, there were parties within PSI pressuring for his expulsion. He mentioned that there were parties within the party who viewed his presence in PSI as disrupting the party’s rebranding, although he admitted he did not fully understand the meaning of PSI’s new image. “If you say is there pressure like that, actually, I’ve heard voices within PSI saying that I should be dismissed, expelled,” said Ade.